GII vs RBLD: which is really different?
GII and RBLD hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and RBLD returned +13.7% over the year. State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.
GII costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points; GII is far larger, $911m against $42m.
| GII | RBLD | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.40% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 | $911m | $42m |
| Total return, 1 year | +5.1% | +13.7% |
| What it tracks | Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
| Holdings in common | 19% | |
| S&P 500, total return, 1 year | +17.3% | |
| Against the S&P 500, 1 year | behind by 12.2 pts | behind by 3.5 pts |
| Below its all-time high | 8.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026 | 5.2%, high on Jun 25, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
35% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
82% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, GII and RBLD hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
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19% in common
19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GII | RBLD | GII | RBLD | GII | RBLD |
| 3 months | −6.2% | −3.6% | −9.6 pts | −6.9 pts | −9.9 pts | −7.2 pts |
| 6 months | −7.6% | +0.8% | −22.8 pts | −14.3 pts | −30.8 pts | −22.4 pts |
| 1 year | +5.1% | +13.7% | −12.2 pts | −3.5 pts | −18.5 pts | −9.9 pts |
| 3 years | +61.5% | +74.0% | −24.3 pts | −11.8 pts | −45.8 pts | −33.3 pts |
| Since launch GII Jan 2007 · RBLD Oct 2008 | +168.3% | +323.0% | −508.6 pts | −735.4 pts | −1,721.3 pts | −2,277.8 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GII in plain words
By weight, 35% of GII's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 77 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. It sits 8.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.
RBLD in plain words
By weight, 82% of RBLD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 13% of the fund across 101 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. It sits 5.2% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do GII and RBLD hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 19% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
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How this is computed
It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
ETFIQ, GII against RBLD, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/gii-vs-rbld
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). GII against RBLD. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/gii-vs-rbld
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